Archive for January, 2009

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 79: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Bodies of Water – Under The Pines ++ Midlake [...]

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

By January 1st it was readily apparent that Fleet Foxes’ debut had pretty much landed on the majority of Best of ’08 lists – both on and offline (including our #1 slot). Selling out larger venues every time they route through town, the group is now poised to perform on Saturday Night Live this weekend. [...]

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

AD reader, tim crimson, reminded me of this great clip from 1966 of Dylan playing “Can’t Leave Her Behind” filmed in a Glasgow hotel room, with Robbie Robertson, while on tour in the UK. While the general consensus among the Dylan faithful is that the following is the only known recording of the tune (and [...]

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Sure, John Lennon’s original is precious in its own right, but as I’ve stated on these pages in the past, for me the definitive version of “Jealous Guy” is the soul-drenched Donny Hathaway cover off his very much essential 1972 live album. Note: If you’ve not made that album a part of your life, you [...]

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Repost: Received several emails Per the Mangum acoustic tracks (from 1996, posted last week) saying that the old E6 links, for the the XFM ’98 set, are no longer active. I have upped the five tracks to my server for anyone who has not grabbed them during previous years. Worth picking up for the versions [...]

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Bodies Of Water’s new vid for “Under The Pines” off 2008′s A Certain Feeling. I’ll leave you with two words: Wizard dog. Download: MP3: Bodies Of Water :: Under The Pines ——– Amazon: Bodies Of Water – A Certain Feeling + Download Bodies Of Water via eMusic’s no risk 25 Free MP3 trial offer. —————————————————————————————————————————–

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

The following requires no introduction. As this is GBV, some drinking implied. Download: MP3: Guided By Voices :: Don’t Stop Now MP3: Guided By Voices :: King and Caroline MP3: Guided By Voices :: Motor Away MP3: Guided By Voices :: Gold Star For Robot Boy MP3: Guided By Voices :: Hot Freaks MP3: Guided [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 78: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Magnetic Fields – Xavier Says ++ My Bloody [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Having garnered a good bit of praise for their 2007 LP War Elephant (which was then re-released in ’08), Deer Tick kick off the new year issuing a free MP3; a cover of Paul Simon’s “Still Crazy After All These Years” off his 1975, Phil Ramone produced, album of the same name. True to form, [...]

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Sugar Mountain, the third live release in anticipation of Neil Young’s forthcoming Blu-Ray/DVD archives project, finds the bard at the University of Michigan, aged 23, soon after Buffalo Springfield’s inevitable split. One of Young’s earliest known (recorded) solo performances, the set exemplifies the singer-songwriters preternatural talent both in the material and delivery. While the acoustic [...]